Spotify on Wednesday said its monthly active user count reached 299 million in the most recent quarter ending June 30. Spotify beat analysts’ forecasts on both sales they had on average been expecting revenues of $1.86 billion and EPS, which had been forecast to be -$0.49 but came in at -$0.20 on a diluted basis […]
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Regulatory listings seem to confirm ARM-based MacBook Air coming this year
Apple could be getting ready to reveal the first of its Arm-based laptops. Cupertino already refreshed its Intel-powered laptops earlier this year. An unveiling of a new laptop equipped with Apple silicon would confirm what noted analyst Ming Chi-Kuo predicted earlier this month. Kuo said that the company was ready to release two new laptops […]
German electric company shows off a highly modular EV concept called the eBussy
A German electric startup called Electric Brands has developed a new concept vehicle called the eBussy. It is underpinned by an electric modular platform and will be offered in 10 different body styles. The way this EV transforms, it deserves to be in the next Transformers movie! The eBussy is an electric vehicle that is […]
Space Camp must raise $1.5 million to survive the pandemic
Space Camp and its home, the US Space and Rocket Center museum in Alabama, are in danger of shutting down permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation needs your help. The organization, which oversees the Space Camp program for young people in Huntsville, Alabama, will have to close […]
The Mandalorian scores a best drama Emmy nomination for Disney+
Disney+’s flagship streaming series wowed this morning, with a surprise best drama Primetime Emmy nomination this morning out of a stellar 15, technically repping the first Emmy nominations for a Star Wars live-action IP since the 1985 ABC movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor which was then nominated for three Emmys Outstanding Children’s Programming, Sound […]
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo cabin surrounds you with windows
VIRGIN Galactic has unveiled the sci-fi cabin where passengers will one day gaze at Earth after paying $250,000 (£175,000) for a ticket to space. “Ultimately, the interior of the spaceship was designed with one primary goal in mind, and that is to get the perfect view of Earth from space,” the company said in a […]
CES 2021 will be online-only after all, the CTA confirms
The Consumer Technology Association has announced that CES will no longer go ahead in January 2021 as previously planned. CES is the world’s biggest consumer technology show, dominating much of the news agenda at the start of the year. As recently as last month, the CTA said it was planning to host CES 2021 as […]
Spotify Premium users can now host a listening party with up to five friends
Spotify today announced that its paying users can now simultaneously stream music or podcasts to up to five people even if they live far away. The new feature is dubbed Group Session and requires Spotify Premium. The first beta version of Group Session appeared back in May, but now is way more developed than before. […]
Google’s new undersea cable will connect the US with Spain and the UK
Google on announced it is building a new private subsea cable to link the US with other parts of the world. Google is partnering with subsea cable provider SubCom on the project, which is named Grace Hopper after the American computer scientist by the same name. Hopper, who died in 1992, was a pioneer in […]
Amazon’s redesigned Alexa app puts your most-used features up front
Amazon’s Alexa app is getting a much-needed revamp. Starting today, the Alexa app will have a whole new home screen with updated navigation that highlights Alexa-centric skills and a more personalized experience. Third-party skills have also been moved off the main screen in favor of more first-party features. The redesigned Home screen in the Alexa […]
Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 can go from 0 to 50% battery in 5 minutes
With Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5.0, upcoming phones will be able to get from an empty battery to 50 percent in just five minutes, which is ten times faster than the first generation of Quick Charge technology. Qualcomm announced the latest iteration of its fast charging tech called Quick Charge 5, offering the most significant improvements […]
Garmin confirms a cyber attack took its systems offline
Garmin is finally giving its users more information about the system outage the company has been dealing with since the morning of July 23rd. Garmin Connect cloud syncing capabilities and other features began late Sunday into Monday morning. “We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, lost […]
Analogue’s portable Pocket console is delayed until May 2021
Analogue cites “the unfortunate global state of affairs and supply chain challenges outside of our control” as the reason for the delay. But there’s good news. Analogue is starting pre-orders for the handheld very soon; they’ll open up on August 3rd at 8AM PT / 11AM ET. The Pocket, like all of Analogue’s consoles, is […]
Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 leaks again in detailed hands-on video
We already knew a few details about Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3, but a new video from TechTalkTV appears to reveal most everything else you need to know. The video shows the smaller 41 mm (1.2-inch) size, though it’s supposed to come in a larger 45 mm version as well. It also reveals a physical rotating […]
The next Oculus Quest headset might arrive in September
Oculus’ rumored sequel to the Quest might be close at hand. There have been several unofficial reports, and it makes sense for Oculus to update the device with a focus on the features it found unexpected success with on the original Quest. There are no guarantees either image set represents a finished product. If they […]















